What Does Ecclesiastes 7:18 Mean?

“It is good”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that thou shouldest take hold”

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

“of this yea also from this”

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“of this yea also from this”

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“withdraw”

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“not thine hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for he that feareth”

fearing; morally, reverent

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“shall come forth”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)